Posted January 8, 2019
Interested in working for a place that advocates a culture of civility, respect, and inclusivity? Looking to make a big impact behind-the-scenes? The Library Technician 3 role in the Resource Acquisitions and Sharing (RAS) Department at the Oregon State University main campus library could be just the place for you! The person in this position will work in facilitating…
Posted January 8, 2019
Opening Doors for Each Other: Collaborations for Shared Success 2019 ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference Monday, May 6, 2019Holiday Inn by the BayPortland, Mainehttps://acrlnec.org/annual-conference/call-for-proposals Working in a library means collaboration with other stakeholders. While collaboration can be challenging, does focusing on shared success improve outcomes? The theme of our 2019 Annual Conference, Opening…
Posted January 7, 2019
The ACRL Women and Gender Studies Section (WGSS) invites proposals for the 2019 WGSS Research Poster Session, to be held as part of the ALA Annual Conference General Poster Session, located in the exhibits hall at the Washington, D.C. Convention Center. The WGSS has a dedicated time from 11:30-1:00 on Saturday, June 22nd for our posters to be displayed…
Posted January 7, 2019
Library Associate/MLS Candidate – Programming and Reference Assistant in Youth Services. Qualifications – Bachelors’ Degree in child-related field; experience working with children; pursuit of an ALA-accredited M.L.S. preferred. Fun, out-going programming and reference provider working with Youth Services collections, programs and services. Familiarity with library automated procedures, basic reference and reader’s advisory. Duties –…
Posted January 7, 2019
The NETSL (New England Technical Services Librarians) Annual Spring Conference will be held Friday April 5, 2019 at the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA. We are seeking proposals for 60-minute breakout sessions and 7-minute lightning talks for our 2019 theme, “Back to Basics: Everyday Skills for Technical Services.” After so many themes on the library of the future,…
Posted January 7, 2019
Melbourne, Australia | 19 – 23 October 2019 INFORMATION… ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANY TIME, ANY WAY Information has been the root cause of significant changes in economic, social, scientific, political, and personal behaviours. But such changes are only realized when information is delivered to the right group, at the right place, at the right time, and…
Posted January 7, 2019
Establishing an Inspiring, Inclusive, and Interdisciplinary Research Community Around Young People, Information, and Technology Do you work in the area of young people, information, and technology? For our iConference workshop, we want to bring together researchers focused on the intersection of these three areas. Our goal is to build a research community that supports…
Posted January 4, 2019
Elfreda Chatman’s work was among the first in information science to thoroughly and explicitly address information access and marginalization as social processes. In defining her theories of Information Poverty, Life in the Round, and Normative Behavior, Chatman introduced a number of important concepts to the discussion around information poverty and access, including social norms, small worlds, and defensive…
Posted January 3, 2019
Call for Proposals 2019 Library Research Round Table Forum Theory, Method, and Practice in Library Research ALA Annual Conference, Washington, DC, June 20-25, 2019 http://www.ala.org/rt/library-research-round-table/2019-lrrt-research-forums-washington-dc-2019 The Library Research Round Table (LRRT) is accepting paper submissions for the LRRT Research Forum at the 2019 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Washington, DC. The LRRT Research…
Posted January 3, 2019
This is a great opportunity for a library and information science student to gain experience in a hospital setting. Located at Massachusetts General Hospital, The Maxwell & Eleanor Blum Patient and Family Learning Center (Blum Center) is a state-of-the-art consumer health library and patient education resource center. The Blum Center offers free resources to help…
